In this first book of the Rising Dragon series, explore a side of Hong Kong tourists rarely experience (Kirkus Reviews) as an expat journalist tries to crack a murder case in the darkly beautiful, heart-wrenching (Booklist, starred review) thriller set in China from the internationally bestselling author of The Art of Hearing Heartbeats. Once an ambitious American expat and a dedicated family man, Paul Leibovitz is living as a recluse on an outlying island of Hong Kong. When he makes a fleeting connection with Elizabeth, a distressed American woman on the verge of collapse, his life is thrown into turmoil. Less than twenty-four hours later, Elizabeth's son is found dead in Shenzhen, and Paul, invigorated by a newfound purpose, sets out to investigate the murder on his own. As Paul, Elizabeth, and a detective friend descend deeper into a politically corrupt China and the Shenzhen underworld-against the wishes of a woman with whom Paul has a growing flirtation-they discover dark secrets and vestiges of t